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Deutsche Börse 2014 shortlist: photography, but not as we know ithttp://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2013/nov/14/deutsche-borse-2014-shortlist-photography-prize-richard-mosse
Richard Mosse, Ireland's Venice Biennale representative, heads a quartet of artists intent on questioning the medium – with memory artist Lorna Simpson my pick of the bunch<br /><br />• <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2013/nov/14/deutsche-borse-photography-prize-2014-pictures">Afros, quiffs and a swan lake: the shortlist in pictures</a><p>The just-announced shortlist for the <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/deutsche-borse-photography-prize" title="">Deutsche B&ouml;rse photography prize 2014</a> is surprising bordering on bemusing. No change there, then. The four artists – photographer is now too quaint a word to describe the nominees – are: <a href="http://www.richardmosse.com/works/" title="">Richard Mosse for his exhibition The Enclave</a>, which represented Ireland at this year's <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/venice-biennale" title="">Venice Biennale</a>, Lorna Simpson for her recent multimedia retrospective at the <a href="http://www.jeudepaume.org/" title="">Jeu de Paume in Paris</a>, Jochen Lempert for his eponymously titled show at <a href="http://www.hamburger-kunsthalle.de/index.php/lempert/articles/lempert.html" title="">Hamburger Kuntshalle</a> and Alberto Garc&iacute;a-Alix for his publication <a href="http://tienda.lafabrica.com/es/3180-autorretrato.html" title="">Autorretrato/Self-Portrait</a>. Even the most seasoned photography buffs might be forgiven for shaking their heads and muttering, &quot;Who? What?!&quot;</p><p>So, what of the work? <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2011/may/28/richard-mosse-infrared-photographs-congo" title="">Mosse's infrared surveillance photography of the long war in the Congo</a> is perhaps the most widely seen over the last few years and, for me, has lost some of its initial impact. The reddish-pink landscape does indeed make the conflict seem psychedelic, but as an interrogation of documentary photography, it seems a tad too one-dimensional.</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2013/nov/14/deutsche-borse-2014-shortlist-photography-prize-richard-mosse">Continue reading...</a>Deutsche Börse photography prizePhotographyCultureAwards and prizesArt and designIrelandEuropeWorld newsUS newsGermanySpainSwan LakeThu, 14 Nov 2013 16:58:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2013/nov/14/deutsche-borse-2014-shortlist-photography-prize-richard-mosseRichard Mosse/Jack Shainman GalleryColour clash … Richard Mosse's Man-Size, North Kivu, Eastern Congo (2011). Photograph: Richard Mosse/Jack Shainman GalleryRichard Mosse/Jack Shainman GalleryColour clash … Richard Mosse's Man-Size, North Kivu, Eastern Congo (2011). Photograph: Richard Mosse/Jack Shainman GallerySean O'Hagan2013-11-14T16:58:00ZIs the web photography's friend or foe?http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2013/jul/18/photoireland-festival-web-photography
Competing talks at <a href="http://photoireland.org/">PhotoIreland</a> festival called the internet both 'essentially stupid' and the best possible marketplace for images<p>&quot;The internet is essentially stupid,&quot; declared J&ouml;rg Colberg this week. Colberg's photography site <a href="http://cphmag.com/" title="">Conscientious</a> is one of the key places to find out about new photography online, so there were an audible intake of breath as he said it. He delivered a manifesto for change at this year's PhotoIreland festival, describing the internet as a great adventure, but one that still exists for many as &quot;a drive-by culture&quot;.</p><p>Colberg took on the ethics of online ownership, the difficulty of finding rigorous thinking and writing about photography, and the impossibility of making sense of the overload of digital images now floating in cyberspace – 90 million a day on Instagram alone. He said the web requires all of us not just to be aware of the misuse of images and the cavalier attitude to ownership, but to actively intervene each time we spotted the same.</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2013/jul/18/photoireland-festival-web-photography">Continue reading...</a>PhotographyArt and designIrelandThu, 18 Jul 2013 14:22:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2013/jul/18/photoireland-festival-web-photographyLinda Brownlee/prDetail of Meabh, by Linda Brownlee, from Achill series (2012) Photograph: Linda BrownleePaul Gaffney/prPaul Gaffney: We Make the Path by Walking. Photograph: Paul GaffneyYvette Monahan/prYvette Monahan: Time of Dreaming. Photograph: Yvette MonahanBarry W Hughes/Barry W HughesBarry Hughes: Metastatic. Photograph: Barry W HughesLinda Brownlee/prDetail of Meabh, by Linda Brownlee, from Achill series (2012) Photograph: Linda BrownleeBarry W Hughes/Barry W HughesBarry Hughes: Metastatic Photograph: Barry W HughesSean O'Hagan2013-07-18T14:22:00Z